After weeks of rehearsal, we opened last weekend to great acclaim! I have to admit I was a little scared of the audience reaction. It is a brand new show so I wasn't sure what to expect... but.... they LIKE us! They REALLY like us! That's always a nice feeling. Also the director from the show I did earlier this year, "Jake's Women" came to see the show and he offered me a part in a play we've been talking about. This is now TWO shows in a row that I didn't even have to really audition for. A girl could get used to that. :) The next play will rehearse in January and run through February JUST LIKE "Jake's Women". :)
So... that's all for now. I'm off to walk the dog. I promise to write more over the weekend and actually post photos. :)
Friday, October 15, 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Thoughts From a Rehearsal
I was never the best singer, dancer or actress. But in the past I was pretty damn good. Now.... Well, after years of being out of practice I had hoped that 3 weeks of rehearsal would whip my singing voice back into shape. However, like many other things in life, that's just not as easy to do now that I'm no longer 18. I was really, stressing out about it but, at this point, since we open in 2 days, I really can't do much about it and it's not helping to stress about it. So, for this musical, I'm essentially having to just roll with it. Funnily enough, I just described my upcoming wedding the same way. I told someone "Well, we're so close now that we can't sit around and cry because it's not what we had envisioned. At this point we just have to find a way to make it work and roll with it."
I guess that's a pretty good way to deal with a lot of things in life, right?
Ok... must get some sleep. This whole, moving, doing a show and planning a wedding thing is exhausting!
I guess that's a pretty good way to deal with a lot of things in life, right?
Ok... must get some sleep. This whole, moving, doing a show and planning a wedding thing is exhausting!
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
SHOWTIME!
So, Curtis and I just moved, had an elopement and are still planning a wedding that is taking place rather soon.... what better time to be in a musical?! :)
So, yes, we are in a show called Zombie Love. It's about a girl who falls in love with a zombie.
We are in rehearsals right now. It's been a lot of fun, but I discovered that back around the time when Curtis proposed and I was very sick with a terrible cough, I hurt my voice terribly. I don't know what I did, but it's not the same. I've been slightly hoarse ever since. I didn't think it affected my singing voice, but it did. That has shaken me up quite a bit.
Aside from that it's been a really good thing to be in a show with Curtis. I've missed being in a musical. I just wish my voice wasn't so shot. It's distracting me from other aspects of my performance so, that's something I need to work on.
We only have two rehearsals left.
Yikes.
So, yes, we are in a show called Zombie Love. It's about a girl who falls in love with a zombie.
We are in rehearsals right now. It's been a lot of fun, but I discovered that back around the time when Curtis proposed and I was very sick with a terrible cough, I hurt my voice terribly. I don't know what I did, but it's not the same. I've been slightly hoarse ever since. I didn't think it affected my singing voice, but it did. That has shaken me up quite a bit.
Aside from that it's been a really good thing to be in a show with Curtis. I've missed being in a musical. I just wish my voice wasn't so shot. It's distracting me from other aspects of my performance so, that's something I need to work on.
We only have two rehearsals left.
Yikes.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Turns Out... Weddings and Jobs are WORK!
So, I am way, way, way behind on my uh... supposed daily blogs. Sorry. I'll make it a point to try and catch up sometime this week or weekend. The day to day things involved in wedding planning, my day job and frequent overtime at said day job have really kept me away from the computer. Also, for Curtis and I there are three times a year that birthdays/holidays completely overwhelm us. The actual holiday season, then from mid February to the end of March we have 8 birthdays between family and friends (including me, Curtis, our nephew and niece and several very close friends and my brother)! Then again from May through early June it's birthday madness in our circle of family and friends. This year was extra crazy because we threw in our engagement party as well in May. So it has been nonstop since then with birthdays and Mother's Day and things like that added to my already ridiculous schedule of my job and wedding planning stuff. It's always very fun to celebrate birthdays but when there are this many in a row it takes it's toll time-wise. :) Anyway, that's my excuse and I am sticking with it!
On a happy note I just picked up my wedding dress today! It's so very lovely and I am happy to say that it fits like a glove. I will have to have it hemmed but that's the only thing it really NEEDS done. I might do a few other alterations if the mood strikes. And today I won $33 on a lotto scratch off ticket and then Curtis got a gift card for Nordstrom's as an engagement gift from a student of his! He's giving it to me to put toward my wedding day shoe fund! :)I gotta love that man!
Planning the wedding is so much fun and yet so stressful at times. Weddings are SO expensive. We're probably still going to end up under the national average, but man... it just seems like SO much money to be spending!
So far I have loved registering for gifts with Curtis the most. Not because we're all greedy for gifts (we both agree that we don't expect to get most of the stuff we scan, since we never really expect people to get us gifts for any occasion-but you get a discount on that stuff after the wedding so, we're scanning like crazy!)but it's such a fun bonding experience. As you pick out the stuff you want together what you're really doing is imagining the life you want to have together. It's actually really romantic and fun! We have had a great time doing that. We pretty much already knew we had the same taste in things but it's nice to have that confirmed when you agree on a china pattern or on the colors you want the kitchen or bathroom to be, you know? :)
Anyway, aside from that I am obsessed with Sookie Stackhouse books. They are the series of books that "True Blood" is based on and they are SO GOOD. I'm addicted. I'm very close to finishing the series now (once I start one I usually finish it within 24-48 hours depending on what other responsibilities I have) so I am pacing myself because I am going to be so sad when I am done with them! I've never seen "True Blood" the tv show but now I want to!
So, that's what's been keeping me away from the computer for a while! I'll catch up soon! As always... Thanks for Reading! :)
On a happy note I just picked up my wedding dress today! It's so very lovely and I am happy to say that it fits like a glove. I will have to have it hemmed but that's the only thing it really NEEDS done. I might do a few other alterations if the mood strikes. And today I won $33 on a lotto scratch off ticket and then Curtis got a gift card for Nordstrom's as an engagement gift from a student of his! He's giving it to me to put toward my wedding day shoe fund! :)I gotta love that man!
Planning the wedding is so much fun and yet so stressful at times. Weddings are SO expensive. We're probably still going to end up under the national average, but man... it just seems like SO much money to be spending!
So far I have loved registering for gifts with Curtis the most. Not because we're all greedy for gifts (we both agree that we don't expect to get most of the stuff we scan, since we never really expect people to get us gifts for any occasion-but you get a discount on that stuff after the wedding so, we're scanning like crazy!)but it's such a fun bonding experience. As you pick out the stuff you want together what you're really doing is imagining the life you want to have together. It's actually really romantic and fun! We have had a great time doing that. We pretty much already knew we had the same taste in things but it's nice to have that confirmed when you agree on a china pattern or on the colors you want the kitchen or bathroom to be, you know? :)
Anyway, aside from that I am obsessed with Sookie Stackhouse books. They are the series of books that "True Blood" is based on and they are SO GOOD. I'm addicted. I'm very close to finishing the series now (once I start one I usually finish it within 24-48 hours depending on what other responsibilities I have) so I am pacing myself because I am going to be so sad when I am done with them! I've never seen "True Blood" the tv show but now I want to!
So, that's what's been keeping me away from the computer for a while! I'll catch up soon! As always... Thanks for Reading! :)
Thursday, May 20, 2010
05/14/10 Friday!
Today after work I got my hair done. Just trimmed the layers and got it a little darker. I love it. Then I went to Karen's to help set up for the engagement party. We made her chandelier into a purple Alice in Wonderland like show piece! Curtis came over later and helped too.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
05/13/2010 Reminiscing...
Today was pretty good. I got a lot done! I got a dress for our engagement party and I helped Curtis and our friend Dean out with a project that needed a photo of pom poms as reference. So, I dragged my old cheerleading stuff out. It was fun to remember my high school days. Go Saxons! Or, as Curtis pointed out "They're Iron Man colors!" So... GO IRON MAN! :)
Spicing things Up!
Today we got free samples of spices at work! That was a nice surprise! It was a better day all around. Work wasn't too bad and I had a better night as well. Things are looking up again!
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Tuesday Blues 05-11-10
Today was icky. I woke up with a sore throat. I was 10 minutes late to work and work sucked. It just sucked. All day. From 8:10 am until 6 pm. Even my 45 minute lunch (to make up for being late I took a shorter lunch) was kind of crappy. So, yeah, not a great day. I didn't get to work out, I didn't get a nice walk with Frankie. It was just a no good, very bad day. Bleah. My photo is of my office building since that's where I spend all my time now.
Monday, May 10, 2010
May 10th. AKA 50 Cent Day?
I was told today is 50 Cent day. I thought that was clever. :) Today was alright. I may just be adapting to this whole working for a living thing. I woke up early, worked out and then went to work and then came home, rested a bit and then walked Frankie. Then it was dinner time, a little tv and now I am actually all caught up on my blogs too! Hooray! But now I have to go because it's bed time! ALl in all today was alright. Not great, not awful. This is me saying it was "so-so". ;-)
Mother's Day
Today was Mother's Day. We went to my sister in law's house to celebrate. We had a really good day. We ate good food, talked, laughed and Frankie, me and my nieces bounced on the big trampoline a lot! After things died down Curtis, me and my sis in law went to Target. I love Target. Then we called it a day. I think all the mom's had a great day!
Oh! We also made shrinky dinks with my nieces! That was fun! I love to color those little plastic pictures and then watch them shrink up in the oven! Who doesn't?
Afterward Curtis and I went to see Iron Man 2. It was good! I liked it. I think I liked Iron Man 1 better over all but I really like Scarlett Johanson so that was nice in this one.
All in all a great day!
More Catching Up!
Okay, I am getting caught up on these daily posts!
Sunday 05/02
Sunday I cleaned all day. REALLY cleaned. I was a spring cleaning machine. Later we went to Target. We ran errands. We worried about Curtis's Uncle who had to have emergency surgery. He's doing okay though. Thank goodness. By the end of the day I was exhausted and the only thing I could think of to take a photo of was the tag from my "bride bag" that my friend Julie bought me.
Monday 05/03
I did laundry. I made the bed. I worked. This week is off to a rip roaring start! :)
Tuesday 05/04
I worked, I ran errands. One of the errands involved Mother's Market so I got a giant salad for me and Curtis while I was there. It was good. Really good.
Wednesday 05/05
I read tonight after work. I am really loving my Sookie Stackhouse. :) It was a quiet night. Work is killing me. I am constantly exhausted from these early mornings. ;-)
Thursday 05/06
I uh, forgot to take a photo this day. Sorry. My bad. I was in a bad mood. I was supposed to go to the Midnight double feature showing of Iron Man 1 and 2 with Curtis and our friend Dean. Instead, after work I went home and pretty much collapsed. I've been coughing and again. Looks like the cough is back. Great. I blame my job and working in an office.
Friday 05/07
Tonight Curtis and I took Frankie for a family walk before heading out to dinner. We tried a place called "Fire &Ice" which is an "Americanized Mongolian BBQ Experience". What we didn't knw was that they also had a salad bar and the whole place is all you can eat. Suffice it to say we stuffed ourselves silly. It was a fun place. There's a big grill and they cook everyone's food on it. The chef's are all supposd to be entertaining and for the most part they were. I wish I had not been so tired and I wish I had felt better and I wish that I had known it was an all you can eat place. As it was I felt unprepared for that experience, but I did enjoy it quite a bit. I think it would be fun to go back with a group of people. It's a very social place. The pic of the day is of The grill and of Curtis and the grill. :)
Saturday 05/08
Today me and my friend Karen made bouquets for mother's day. It was fun! We went and got a whole bunch of flowers and then mixed and matched them to make different bouquets. My photo is of my mom's bouquet. I added some flowers from my garden too.
After that we went to dinner with Curtis's parents and his sister, brother in law and nephews. It was a combo Mother's Day/Birthday Party for Shane. It was really fun. We all had a really good time. :)
Sunday 05/02
Sunday I cleaned all day. REALLY cleaned. I was a spring cleaning machine. Later we went to Target. We ran errands. We worried about Curtis's Uncle who had to have emergency surgery. He's doing okay though. Thank goodness. By the end of the day I was exhausted and the only thing I could think of to take a photo of was the tag from my "bride bag" that my friend Julie bought me.
Monday 05/03
I did laundry. I made the bed. I worked. This week is off to a rip roaring start! :)
Tuesday 05/04
I worked, I ran errands. One of the errands involved Mother's Market so I got a giant salad for me and Curtis while I was there. It was good. Really good.
Wednesday 05/05
I read tonight after work. I am really loving my Sookie Stackhouse. :) It was a quiet night. Work is killing me. I am constantly exhausted from these early mornings. ;-)
Thursday 05/06
I uh, forgot to take a photo this day. Sorry. My bad. I was in a bad mood. I was supposed to go to the Midnight double feature showing of Iron Man 1 and 2 with Curtis and our friend Dean. Instead, after work I went home and pretty much collapsed. I've been coughing and again. Looks like the cough is back. Great. I blame my job and working in an office.
Friday 05/07
Tonight Curtis and I took Frankie for a family walk before heading out to dinner. We tried a place called "Fire &Ice" which is an "Americanized Mongolian BBQ Experience". What we didn't knw was that they also had a salad bar and the whole place is all you can eat. Suffice it to say we stuffed ourselves silly. It was a fun place. There's a big grill and they cook everyone's food on it. The chef's are all supposd to be entertaining and for the most part they were. I wish I had not been so tired and I wish I had felt better and I wish that I had known it was an all you can eat place. As it was I felt unprepared for that experience, but I did enjoy it quite a bit. I think it would be fun to go back with a group of people. It's a very social place. The pic of the day is of The grill and of Curtis and the grill. :)
Saturday 05/08
Today me and my friend Karen made bouquets for mother's day. It was fun! We went and got a whole bunch of flowers and then mixed and matched them to make different bouquets. My photo is of my mom's bouquet. I added some flowers from my garden too.
After that we went to dinner with Curtis's parents and his sister, brother in law and nephews. It was a combo Mother's Day/Birthday Party for Shane. It was really fun. We all had a really good time. :)
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Finding the Balance....
Sorry! Adjusting to this new schedule is really hard! Trying to find balance between work and home and relationships means that I have had very limited time on the computer and now I am 10 days behind! Yikes! So, to catch up let's start with:
Saturday 04/24
This is my niece. She went to a birthday party that day. I worked that day for Curtis at the Acting school. Ironically I felt more like an angry tiger by the end of the day. After completing my first workweek I was not really thrilled about working at the school over the weekend. But we are planning a wedding so the extra money will be nice. Curtis was also hosting a stage at the LA Times Festival of Books that day so he needed someone to cover for him. I was bummed I couldn't go to the Festival, but it was all for the best. Until I went to leave for the school a couple hours after Curtis left and realized that my car keys were in his car. In LA. After several franctic phone calls I ended up borrowing my dad's car. This car is old. And tricky. And so after wrangling toddlers and children all day I went out to get the hell out of there and the car wouldn't start. There's a trick to this. It didn't need a jump. Nope. It needed THE STICK. The stick is in the trunk of the car. You have to lift the hood of the car up and bang some silver cylinder with the stick. A lot. Sometimes more than once. By the time I got the car started I wanted to collapse in a pile of exhaustion. That was pretty much my day. See? Angry tiger.
So then.... on to Sunday 4/25/10
I had to teach again. But before I got to the school I had to spend 5 hours at my new office doing weekend overtime. It wasn't that bad. But combining the two jobs that day meant that I was at work from 8:30-almost 6 pm. Which meant that I had no weekend. Bleah. After 7 straight days of working laundry was piling up, the house was getting dirty and I was absolutely exhausted. So after class I met up with Curtis and we headed out to dinner with some friends for our friend Angel's birthday party. We had a cool private room at a restaurant in Downtown Disney. It was a Mexican food place. As you can tell by this photo of the Birthday girl and her boyfriend. :)
Monday 4/26
I don't know what I did this day. I worked. I may have walked the dog. All I know is that in the end of the day, Curtis brought me one of his sister's delicious cookies. How cute is that? It was a little artist's cookie! She's starting a cookie company. they're delicious.
Tuesday 4/27
Another day of: wake up, work out, go to work, come home, walk he dog, eat dinner, shower and go to bed. This photo, taken by Curtis, was right before bed in a vain effort to try and catch up with on line stuff.
Wednesday 4/28
We went to The Disneyland Hotel tonight after work to visit with some friends we hadn't seen in a long time. They had spent the day at Disneyland and we used to spend time with them at Disneyland in the middle of the week and have a grand time running around with them. But now with my day job I don't get to go take off in the middle of the week for fun times and adventure. I know, it's sad. :( But I need to make a living. Right? Anyway, we had fun meeting up with them at night for cocktails and chatting! As it turns out, we are getting married on the same day our friends did last year! Crazy! We had no idea. Weird little coincidence. :) It was fun to catch up with them. I wish we could see them more often.
Thursday 4/29
I think that this day i was just plain exhausted. It wasn't a good day. I remember that much. That's why I looked like this at the end of the day. It was a stressful week overall I think.
Friday 04/30
Today on my lunch break I enjoyed the lovely roses in the little outdoor patio/garden in front of my building. It's actually quite lovely. Taking my lunch out there is always a nice break to being cooped up inside in an office all day. While I was there I read a bit of my latest Sookie Stackhouse novel. I don't know why I love these romance/vampire/mystery novels but I do. They're my newest guilty pleasure. :)
Sat 05/01
We went to our friend Scott's birthday party. It was bunny themed. His wife made bunny cupcakes, and we played a game called "Killer Bunnies" and drank wine and talked. It was fun and relaxing. A nice way to cap off a busy week. My photo is of my bunny card and my wine.
Saturday 04/24
This is my niece. She went to a birthday party that day. I worked that day for Curtis at the Acting school. Ironically I felt more like an angry tiger by the end of the day. After completing my first workweek I was not really thrilled about working at the school over the weekend. But we are planning a wedding so the extra money will be nice. Curtis was also hosting a stage at the LA Times Festival of Books that day so he needed someone to cover for him. I was bummed I couldn't go to the Festival, but it was all for the best. Until I went to leave for the school a couple hours after Curtis left and realized that my car keys were in his car. In LA. After several franctic phone calls I ended up borrowing my dad's car. This car is old. And tricky. And so after wrangling toddlers and children all day I went out to get the hell out of there and the car wouldn't start. There's a trick to this. It didn't need a jump. Nope. It needed THE STICK. The stick is in the trunk of the car. You have to lift the hood of the car up and bang some silver cylinder with the stick. A lot. Sometimes more than once. By the time I got the car started I wanted to collapse in a pile of exhaustion. That was pretty much my day. See? Angry tiger.
So then.... on to Sunday 4/25/10
I had to teach again. But before I got to the school I had to spend 5 hours at my new office doing weekend overtime. It wasn't that bad. But combining the two jobs that day meant that I was at work from 8:30-almost 6 pm. Which meant that I had no weekend. Bleah. After 7 straight days of working laundry was piling up, the house was getting dirty and I was absolutely exhausted. So after class I met up with Curtis and we headed out to dinner with some friends for our friend Angel's birthday party. We had a cool private room at a restaurant in Downtown Disney. It was a Mexican food place. As you can tell by this photo of the Birthday girl and her boyfriend. :)
Monday 4/26
I don't know what I did this day. I worked. I may have walked the dog. All I know is that in the end of the day, Curtis brought me one of his sister's delicious cookies. How cute is that? It was a little artist's cookie! She's starting a cookie company. they're delicious.
Tuesday 4/27
Another day of: wake up, work out, go to work, come home, walk he dog, eat dinner, shower and go to bed. This photo, taken by Curtis, was right before bed in a vain effort to try and catch up with on line stuff.
Wednesday 4/28
We went to The Disneyland Hotel tonight after work to visit with some friends we hadn't seen in a long time. They had spent the day at Disneyland and we used to spend time with them at Disneyland in the middle of the week and have a grand time running around with them. But now with my day job I don't get to go take off in the middle of the week for fun times and adventure. I know, it's sad. :( But I need to make a living. Right? Anyway, we had fun meeting up with them at night for cocktails and chatting! As it turns out, we are getting married on the same day our friends did last year! Crazy! We had no idea. Weird little coincidence. :) It was fun to catch up with them. I wish we could see them more often.
Thursday 4/29
I think that this day i was just plain exhausted. It wasn't a good day. I remember that much. That's why I looked like this at the end of the day. It was a stressful week overall I think.
Friday 04/30
Today on my lunch break I enjoyed the lovely roses in the little outdoor patio/garden in front of my building. It's actually quite lovely. Taking my lunch out there is always a nice break to being cooped up inside in an office all day. While I was there I read a bit of my latest Sookie Stackhouse novel. I don't know why I love these romance/vampire/mystery novels but I do. They're my newest guilty pleasure. :)
Sat 05/01
We went to our friend Scott's birthday party. It was bunny themed. His wife made bunny cupcakes, and we played a game called "Killer Bunnies" and drank wine and talked. It was fun and relaxing. A nice way to cap off a busy week. My photo is of my bunny card and my wine.
Friday, April 23, 2010
04/23/10 FRIDAY FUNDAY!
Today I rose from my slumber with the sun. I dragged my sleep deprived butt out of bed where I was comfortably snuggled up with my very warm dog and put on some workout clothes. Then I put on a Bar Method Workout DVD and worked up a sweat all before it was even 6 am. I haven't been able to accomplish this sort of early morning workout in years. So, I was pretty proud of myself. Then I hurriedly got ready for work and dashed out the door only to find myself trapped in unexpected and very uncommon traffic on my way to work. That made me angry. I tried to stay calm and zen like but when I realized that there was no way in hell I'd be on time to my still new job, I freaked and threw a tantrum. They were doing construction on a very busy four lane street in morning rush hour and had closed it down to one lane. Are you kidding me? Who's brilliant idea was that? ARGH.
Anyway, I got to work and made it through the day and then Curtis and I went to start registering for the wedding. A department store was having a wedding registry event tonight that we had signed up for. We didn't really know what to expect but it was really fun and we got all kinds of neat free stuff!
In the end our "schwag bag" consisted of a swiss army canvas tote with a free spatula with heart cut outs in it, a free whisk, two lovely glasses for espresso (or other drinks as well... perhaps a hot coffee cocktail of some sort?) a pen on a rope (I have no idea why that was given to us) and two very awesome knives! Hooray for free stuff! We also got some free food and lemonade. Always nice. :)
And we decided that our kitchen will be red and silver. A lot of the stuff I liked is red and silver. Oh! And we picked out our china pattern! It is white and silver. And quite lovely if I do say so myself. :)
04/24/10 Visit to the Hacienda.
Today I was at work. Of course. I'm not complaining, it's not like I did super exciting things all the time when I didn't work, but I did have the option to. Sometimes, when I have a job I miss the option of being able to just go have an adventure on a whim. When I don't have a job I miss having money. I guess the grass is always greener. ;-)
In any case, my photo is of my legs under my desk. Not particularly exciting but I kinda liked my outfit today. It's kind of my wedding colors.
After work Karen, Henry and I went to visit the wedding venue. I have to say seeing a year old baby's wide eyed excitement upon seeing my venue was pretty awesome! He was pretty wowed my it all. Karen also liked it and she happens to know one of the wedding coordinators there! Yay! I'm finally at the point in my planning where I am no longer stressed and really excited and looking forward to it all! I have a Matron and Maid of Honor and both are really talented and like to do a lot of the stuff involved in making a wedding happen so, really, I lucked out there.
Now that I have my dress and venue the rest is fun!
After our visit there I went home, and kind of collapsed. Working full time again might be the death of me. It's so exhausting! And yest I have become much more productive. Busy begets busy I suppose! :)
04/21/2010 It's Wednesday ..... Eh.....
Today I went to work. Work was uh... work. I'm already starting to feel like everything in my life revolves around my new job. I don't really like that. I've also already been asked to work overtime. That's nice money wise but I can't say the idea thrills me. Oh well. After work I went to the gym. Then I came home and did some yoga. That part was nice. It was windy and rainy. And that's really all I have to say. My photo is of my car radio clock on my way to work.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Tuesday Blues.... 4-20-10
It's 4/20 so you know what THAT means.... right? Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.... Well, not for me. I don't smoke. Pot or anything else for that matter. So really for me it meant I got to go to my job for the 2nd day. It didn't go quite as well as yesterday. I knew going in it wasn't my dream job, so I can't complain. It's a job. It pays me pretty good money to do a job that while frustrating and tedious at times, is not really HARD and it allows me to accomplish other goals like paying off bills and possibly fixing the things that are wrong with my car. And you, know, pay for my wedding. So, I am grateful to have it but man today was a long and rough day for me. In a moment I am going down to the corner store to by a lottery ticket. I can dream can't I? :)
In other news, today Curtis took Frankie for a morning walk since I knew it was supposed to rain later today and I wanted to make sure Frankie got a walk. They both enjoyed their walk and Frankie ate all of his food right away this morning after the walk! That's good. Sometimes when my schedule changes he freaks out for a week or so and won't eat unless I am there. So, I am glad that that is settled. My pic of the day is of Frankie cuddled up to me on the couch. He was so glad when I got home. He's a good boy.
Well, that's about it. Tonight I am going to work out a bit, possibly do some cleaning and then I am gonna get stuff ready for work tomorrow so that I can sleep in a little longer in the morning. Then it's "Lost" on tv and then bed for me. This whole getting up early and going to work for 9 hours thing is exhausting! But it frees me from unemployment so it's worth it! :)
Monday 04/19/2010
Today was my first day back in the workforce. I started at 9 am today but from now on I will be an eight to fiver. I haven't had to do this in sooo long. Luckily I have been so busy the last few weeks that I've been waking up earlier. That's good because it got me back in the swing of things for this job.
The people in the office seem very nice. The office itself is also nice. I got a bag of tootsie pops, a bag of cotton candy and got taken out to lunch all on my first day! The job itself is nothing to write home, (or in your blog) about. It's helping new hires get all their paperwork, background check info and drug tests completed. It's a lot of data entry, fact checking and researching stuff. There are a lot of programs to learn and a lot of steps involved. I'm sue I'll get it soon, but right now it is a bit overwhelming. I showed Curtis all the packets I brought home and even he said "Geez! That's a lot!".
Luckily the office is pretty close. About 15 minutes away. That's nice. Especially because Frankie isn't handling my being gone all day well. Curtis said he didn't eat until 4:45. Ugh. Poor Frankie. He worries when I am gone so it's nice to not have to waste time before or after work in traffic.
It's also close to my gym though yesterday I worked out at home. I took Frankie on a 3 mile walk and then did some Bar Method via a dvd. I hadn't done Bar Method in over 2 months. It was definitely harder this time. I almost cried. But I did it. My photo is of Frankie on my workout/yoga mat. He loves to lay on that thing! :)
Anyway, I better get to work!
Sunday 04-18-10
Today I just got ready to start my new job. I did some housecleaning and some organizing and then Curtis and I went shopping. I got some new work clothes at the mall while he got Mrs. Fields Cookies. So, really he was stuffing his gut while I was sucking mine in while trying on clothes. :) Not really, but I thought that sounded funny. :) After that we stopped at a bookstore where Curtis browsed and I ended up buying the next book in the Sookie Stackhouse Vampire novels (my new guilty pleasure) and also these two "Do you know your Bride/Groom" quiz books! Then we went to Target and then to the grocery store. Then we came home, ate dinner, and then collapsed while doing our quizzes. We both did VERY well and it was fun! We both learned some things about each other that we hadn't known. But mostly we knew all the important stuff. :)
Sunday, April 18, 2010
04-10-10 through 04-17-10
Another busy week! And this is my last group posting of my days! At least for a while... :)
On Saturday April 10th I helped out Curtis at the acting school. I haven't been there in a long time so it was odd to be back. Some of the kids are quite funny and cute and some.... man... I kinda fear for our future. So many parents just completely spoil and coddle their children! There were so many spoiled brats and also some kids who are sweet but who are way behind in terms of their speech development. And this is mostly due to the fact that their parents seem to want them to be babies forever and don't push them at all when it comes to learning how to speak correctly. I mean, there are always a few kids who have to see speech therapists for lisps or whatnot but this is different. This is 5 year olds that I can barely understand due to extreme baby talk and underdevelopment. Yet these same 5year olds seem to think that the earth revolves around them so that combined with watching their overprotective and coddling parents interact with them leads me to believe that the parents are to blame. But like I said, there are also some really sweet, cute and talented kids there as well.
Anyway, after that I went home and started dinner before Curtis got home. We got that ready and then went over to Karen's to help her decorate for Henry's birthday party. It ended up being a good night but a long one. A chandelier fell down and shattered glass from the light bulbs everywhere inches from my face but nobody was hurt thank goodness! And Curtis and I hung streamers and made a banner and ate the tasting cake Karen made to taste what the birthday cake would taste like. She also made some frosting that Curtis couldn't stop eating! When Mark got home from work we stopped working on the party and just sat around and chatted for a bit with some drinks. It was a nice way to end things. We left around midnight full of food and frosting!
On Sunday April 11th Curtis and I started the day by taking Frankie on a walk to go get some coffee. We figured we could kill two birds with one stone that way. We got Frankie some exercise and we didn't have to make coffee at home and also got exercise. I guess maybe that was really 3 birds. Oh well. :) I think my main point is that we've been trying really hard to keep more active lately. After that we ate some breakfast and then Curtis headed to work. I got ready and headed over to Karen's house for Henry's first birthday party! Yay! It was really fun! I got to see some people I hadn't seen in a while and Henry had a great time and we all got some great food and wine (except Henry. No wine for him!) and a good time was had by all! The only downside for me was that I didn't have my ring because it had been at the jewelers being fixed. The diamond had come loose and it needed repair. So, all the people congratulating me wanted to see the ring but I didn't have it. But the day wasn't about me anyway, it was about Henry so, it really wasn't that big a deal. Curtis came late and he also enjoyed himself. Before I left Karen and I looked at some possible bridesmaids dresses and shoes. And that was pretty much my day!
Monday April 12th~ We booked our venue! It was exactly one month from the night Curtis proposed! We put down a deposit and therefore set our date! Hooray! We also got a nice discount! Double hooray! We started the day with a nice workout at the gym together and then we got ready and went to book the venue. Julie met us there so she could see the venue and also make sure we asked all the questions we wanted to. That was really the biggest part of the day! I also got caught up on some other things. But nothing too exciting. It also rained in the morning. I like rain.
Tuesday April 13th~ It continues to be cold. So my photo is of Frankie in his sweatshirt.
I think I did some laundry and maybe cleaned or something. I'm not really sure what I did today to be exact. I know Curtis and I went to the gym together again. And that's really all I got. Oh! And we got In N Out for dinner. I loved their grilled cheese with grilled onions. Mmmm. And we watched "Lost". And I started my taxes. That's all I got. Sorry.
Wednesday April 14th~
I did my taxes just in the nick of time! And I am getting money back but since I still owe taxes from a previous year it will go to those! But that's okay because I am just so excited to not owe this year! And I will also be just about done paying off my taxes now thanks to this! Woo-hoo! I hadn't done any 1099 MISC Independent Contractor work in this past year which was kind of good in that my taxes were SOOOOO easy! My photo is of my tax forms after I completed them and printed them out!
Thursday April 15th~
Today I had an interview for a job I applied for back in January. It went really well! From there I went to pick up my niece Katie because she had been sick the night before and couldn't go to school and had been hanging out with my brother at his school where he teaches until I could get to her. He teaches middle school. When I went to sign in at the office there was a whole group of kids just getting to school at 10 am for no real reason. Sigh... youth of today. The office lady was yelling at them about being responsible and being old enough to learn how to use things like alarm clocks. Anyway, so, I picked up Katie and we went back to my brother and sis in law's house where we both laid down to rest a bit and Katie watched cartoons. Later she was feeling much better and so she had lunch while i worked out on their elliptical machine. I had planned on going to the gym after my interview before they called me to watch Katie so this way I was still able to squeeze my workout in! Then I ate lunch and then a little later we played in the backyard until my sis in law Kerri got home. From there I went home to get changed to go up to Burbank for an appt I had up there. I also got a call saying that I got the job I interviewed for! And I start on Monday! Wow! That's much faster than I thought! I'm really glad to have a job again FINALLY but kind of taken off guard at not having next week to finish up some things. When I interviewed they said I wouldn't know until the end of next week and would start the following Monday if I got the job. This was quite a lot faster than expected! So I hurriedly changed and cleaned up and then headed up to Burbank. It was rush hour at this point so the drive wasn't great but it also wasn't as bad as it could have been. After my appointment up there I drove home exhausted and hungry. Poor Frankie had been alone a lot of the day and I felt bad leaving him alone so much. He's not going to like it when I am at work 9 hours a day again. :( Oh well. I need to make money to keep him in kibble! ;-) But honestly I did kind of miss being home. So my photo of the day is of a pillow I got a present with me, Curtis and Frankie by the fireplace. I was glad to go to bed tonight. So. Very. Tired.
Friday April 16th 2010~
Today started off with me filling out a ton of new hire forms for my new job! Yay! And then, about halfway through the day I decided to check my credit score which had been steadily improving over the last couple of years. So, imagine my surprise to find out that I had a new "Alert" from my credit tracker membership saying that my credit had recently had a bad thing posted on it and my credit had just plummeted! Upon further inspection I had a negative posting on my credit from a collection agency I had talked to in January. It's a long story but in a nutshell, these people are saying I owe money to BMG Music from 2006! And while I did receive cds from them back then, I also paid off my account and closed it! So I called these people in January and told them I didn't owe the money. They asked if I could prove it with a cancelled check. I said I couldn't because I don't keep checks that long. And also what if I had paid with a credit card? I don't even have the same credit card that I did way back then! They said they'd look into it. I never heard back from them. I figured it was still being investigated or had been dropped. Nope, they had made a decision that the debt was valid, but hadn't notified me and then posted it to my credit. Now, I've dealt with legitimate credit collection claims and I have also dealt with a bogus claim before. The previous bogus claim I was able to prove because it said I owed AT&T money and I was able to contact AT&T and have them send me a letter stating that I had never been sent to collections by them. But in this case, BMG music went out of business in June of 2009. This company said they bought my debt in December or 2009. From WHO?! Argh. Upon further research I found that there are several hundred complaints against this so called collection agency stating that they are being extorted by them with bogus claims that are hurting their credit! It's a TOTAL SCAM! I'm so pissed off I could spit fire. So, I'm reporting these evil assholes to every agency I can and am also going to sue them if they don't clear my case and fix my credit. Since both my dad and one of my best friends is a lawyer it shouldn't be too hard for me to do this. I think this can be fixed but what a pain in the ass! And what an AWFUL way to end what started out as a really good week! I spent the entire day on the phone getting yelled at and threatened by the rude assholes who work for this bogus company and then researching how to fight them on this. Since there are hundreds of complaints against them I am hoping to have my credit repaired quickly. But who knows.
So, if you've ever been contacted by the National Recovery Agency or West Bay Acquisitions regarding a bogus BMG or Columbia Music charge please let me know. I'm more than happy to start a class action law suit against these assholes. This is also a form of identity theft (which I am pretty sure is a felony) because I know for a fact I never gave my social security number to BMG so someone somewhere got it unlawfully and is using my old BMG account to extort money from me. They say if I pay they will remove the negative post on my credit which is strange since legitimate collections agencies just mark it as paid or settled. It usually stays on your credit when it's legit. That's just one more way that I know they are not legit. They are posting these bogus claims on people's credit which ruins their credit and then they make them pay the amount to fix the credit. It's all a scam. And I refuse to pay. I ended the day with a long walk with Frankie to relieve some stress, a glass of wine and some nice conversation with some friends.
Saturday April 17th 2010~ Today was another busy day! I woke up early to water the plants. My mom is on vacation and has a bout a million and one plants. They're beautiful but man there's a lot of plants. Then I picked up the dog poop in the yard since the gardeners are coming and then I got ready and Curtis, Frankie and I headed out to our nephew Dylan's t-ball game! Frankie enjoyed the park atmosphere and some kids played with him and he loved that and the t-ball games was fun to watch! Then we stopped by Curtis's mom's house to walk the dogs there since Curtis's dad is out of town and usually does that. So Frankie, Pete and Abby all got a walk. Then it was home so I could feed Frankie and myself and Curtis left for work. I cleaned and organized and paid some bills and then I went to the post office and the bank on my way to my niece Sarah's soccer game. The games was a nail biter and they lost by 1 goal that was a total fluke! Oh well. Then my sis in laws Kerri and Molly and my nieces and I went bridesmaid dress shopping. It was really fun! We all had a good time! Then I stopped to get groceries and then again to get some dog food for Frankie and then it was home again. I made dinner, did the dishes and some laundry and then collapsed on the couch. It was a fun day but man I was pooped!
My photo is of the girls trying on dresses. But these are not all the right colors or styles. You'll have to wait to see what was actually picked! :)
On Saturday April 10th I helped out Curtis at the acting school. I haven't been there in a long time so it was odd to be back. Some of the kids are quite funny and cute and some.... man... I kinda fear for our future. So many parents just completely spoil and coddle their children! There were so many spoiled brats and also some kids who are sweet but who are way behind in terms of their speech development. And this is mostly due to the fact that their parents seem to want them to be babies forever and don't push them at all when it comes to learning how to speak correctly. I mean, there are always a few kids who have to see speech therapists for lisps or whatnot but this is different. This is 5 year olds that I can barely understand due to extreme baby talk and underdevelopment. Yet these same 5year olds seem to think that the earth revolves around them so that combined with watching their overprotective and coddling parents interact with them leads me to believe that the parents are to blame. But like I said, there are also some really sweet, cute and talented kids there as well.
Anyway, after that I went home and started dinner before Curtis got home. We got that ready and then went over to Karen's to help her decorate for Henry's birthday party. It ended up being a good night but a long one. A chandelier fell down and shattered glass from the light bulbs everywhere inches from my face but nobody was hurt thank goodness! And Curtis and I hung streamers and made a banner and ate the tasting cake Karen made to taste what the birthday cake would taste like. She also made some frosting that Curtis couldn't stop eating! When Mark got home from work we stopped working on the party and just sat around and chatted for a bit with some drinks. It was a nice way to end things. We left around midnight full of food and frosting!
On Sunday April 11th Curtis and I started the day by taking Frankie on a walk to go get some coffee. We figured we could kill two birds with one stone that way. We got Frankie some exercise and we didn't have to make coffee at home and also got exercise. I guess maybe that was really 3 birds. Oh well. :) I think my main point is that we've been trying really hard to keep more active lately. After that we ate some breakfast and then Curtis headed to work. I got ready and headed over to Karen's house for Henry's first birthday party! Yay! It was really fun! I got to see some people I hadn't seen in a while and Henry had a great time and we all got some great food and wine (except Henry. No wine for him!) and a good time was had by all! The only downside for me was that I didn't have my ring because it had been at the jewelers being fixed. The diamond had come loose and it needed repair. So, all the people congratulating me wanted to see the ring but I didn't have it. But the day wasn't about me anyway, it was about Henry so, it really wasn't that big a deal. Curtis came late and he also enjoyed himself. Before I left Karen and I looked at some possible bridesmaids dresses and shoes. And that was pretty much my day!
Monday April 12th~ We booked our venue! It was exactly one month from the night Curtis proposed! We put down a deposit and therefore set our date! Hooray! We also got a nice discount! Double hooray! We started the day with a nice workout at the gym together and then we got ready and went to book the venue. Julie met us there so she could see the venue and also make sure we asked all the questions we wanted to. That was really the biggest part of the day! I also got caught up on some other things. But nothing too exciting. It also rained in the morning. I like rain.
Tuesday April 13th~ It continues to be cold. So my photo is of Frankie in his sweatshirt.
I think I did some laundry and maybe cleaned or something. I'm not really sure what I did today to be exact. I know Curtis and I went to the gym together again. And that's really all I got. Oh! And we got In N Out for dinner. I loved their grilled cheese with grilled onions. Mmmm. And we watched "Lost". And I started my taxes. That's all I got. Sorry.
Wednesday April 14th~
I did my taxes just in the nick of time! And I am getting money back but since I still owe taxes from a previous year it will go to those! But that's okay because I am just so excited to not owe this year! And I will also be just about done paying off my taxes now thanks to this! Woo-hoo! I hadn't done any 1099 MISC Independent Contractor work in this past year which was kind of good in that my taxes were SOOOOO easy! My photo is of my tax forms after I completed them and printed them out!
Thursday April 15th~
Today I had an interview for a job I applied for back in January. It went really well! From there I went to pick up my niece Katie because she had been sick the night before and couldn't go to school and had been hanging out with my brother at his school where he teaches until I could get to her. He teaches middle school. When I went to sign in at the office there was a whole group of kids just getting to school at 10 am for no real reason. Sigh... youth of today. The office lady was yelling at them about being responsible and being old enough to learn how to use things like alarm clocks. Anyway, so, I picked up Katie and we went back to my brother and sis in law's house where we both laid down to rest a bit and Katie watched cartoons. Later she was feeling much better and so she had lunch while i worked out on their elliptical machine. I had planned on going to the gym after my interview before they called me to watch Katie so this way I was still able to squeeze my workout in! Then I ate lunch and then a little later we played in the backyard until my sis in law Kerri got home. From there I went home to get changed to go up to Burbank for an appt I had up there. I also got a call saying that I got the job I interviewed for! And I start on Monday! Wow! That's much faster than I thought! I'm really glad to have a job again FINALLY but kind of taken off guard at not having next week to finish up some things. When I interviewed they said I wouldn't know until the end of next week and would start the following Monday if I got the job. This was quite a lot faster than expected! So I hurriedly changed and cleaned up and then headed up to Burbank. It was rush hour at this point so the drive wasn't great but it also wasn't as bad as it could have been. After my appointment up there I drove home exhausted and hungry. Poor Frankie had been alone a lot of the day and I felt bad leaving him alone so much. He's not going to like it when I am at work 9 hours a day again. :( Oh well. I need to make money to keep him in kibble! ;-) But honestly I did kind of miss being home. So my photo of the day is of a pillow I got a present with me, Curtis and Frankie by the fireplace. I was glad to go to bed tonight. So. Very. Tired.
Friday April 16th 2010~
Today started off with me filling out a ton of new hire forms for my new job! Yay! And then, about halfway through the day I decided to check my credit score which had been steadily improving over the last couple of years. So, imagine my surprise to find out that I had a new "Alert" from my credit tracker membership saying that my credit had recently had a bad thing posted on it and my credit had just plummeted! Upon further inspection I had a negative posting on my credit from a collection agency I had talked to in January. It's a long story but in a nutshell, these people are saying I owe money to BMG Music from 2006! And while I did receive cds from them back then, I also paid off my account and closed it! So I called these people in January and told them I didn't owe the money. They asked if I could prove it with a cancelled check. I said I couldn't because I don't keep checks that long. And also what if I had paid with a credit card? I don't even have the same credit card that I did way back then! They said they'd look into it. I never heard back from them. I figured it was still being investigated or had been dropped. Nope, they had made a decision that the debt was valid, but hadn't notified me and then posted it to my credit. Now, I've dealt with legitimate credit collection claims and I have also dealt with a bogus claim before. The previous bogus claim I was able to prove because it said I owed AT&T money and I was able to contact AT&T and have them send me a letter stating that I had never been sent to collections by them. But in this case, BMG music went out of business in June of 2009. This company said they bought my debt in December or 2009. From WHO?! Argh. Upon further research I found that there are several hundred complaints against this so called collection agency stating that they are being extorted by them with bogus claims that are hurting their credit! It's a TOTAL SCAM! I'm so pissed off I could spit fire. So, I'm reporting these evil assholes to every agency I can and am also going to sue them if they don't clear my case and fix my credit. Since both my dad and one of my best friends is a lawyer it shouldn't be too hard for me to do this. I think this can be fixed but what a pain in the ass! And what an AWFUL way to end what started out as a really good week! I spent the entire day on the phone getting yelled at and threatened by the rude assholes who work for this bogus company and then researching how to fight them on this. Since there are hundreds of complaints against them I am hoping to have my credit repaired quickly. But who knows.
So, if you've ever been contacted by the National Recovery Agency or West Bay Acquisitions regarding a bogus BMG or Columbia Music charge please let me know. I'm more than happy to start a class action law suit against these assholes. This is also a form of identity theft (which I am pretty sure is a felony) because I know for a fact I never gave my social security number to BMG so someone somewhere got it unlawfully and is using my old BMG account to extort money from me. They say if I pay they will remove the negative post on my credit which is strange since legitimate collections agencies just mark it as paid or settled. It usually stays on your credit when it's legit. That's just one more way that I know they are not legit. They are posting these bogus claims on people's credit which ruins their credit and then they make them pay the amount to fix the credit. It's all a scam. And I refuse to pay. I ended the day with a long walk with Frankie to relieve some stress, a glass of wine and some nice conversation with some friends.
Saturday April 17th 2010~ Today was another busy day! I woke up early to water the plants. My mom is on vacation and has a bout a million and one plants. They're beautiful but man there's a lot of plants. Then I picked up the dog poop in the yard since the gardeners are coming and then I got ready and Curtis, Frankie and I headed out to our nephew Dylan's t-ball game! Frankie enjoyed the park atmosphere and some kids played with him and he loved that and the t-ball games was fun to watch! Then we stopped by Curtis's mom's house to walk the dogs there since Curtis's dad is out of town and usually does that. So Frankie, Pete and Abby all got a walk. Then it was home so I could feed Frankie and myself and Curtis left for work. I cleaned and organized and paid some bills and then I went to the post office and the bank on my way to my niece Sarah's soccer game. The games was a nail biter and they lost by 1 goal that was a total fluke! Oh well. Then my sis in laws Kerri and Molly and my nieces and I went bridesmaid dress shopping. It was really fun! We all had a good time! Then I stopped to get groceries and then again to get some dog food for Frankie and then it was home again. I made dinner, did the dishes and some laundry and then collapsed on the couch. It was a fun day but man I was pooped!
My photo is of the girls trying on dresses. But these are not all the right colors or styles. You'll have to wait to see what was actually picked! :)
04-04-10 through 04-09-10
Sorry to be catching up in groups but man the last couple of weeks have been crazy busy! I've been really productive and lots of things have happened but unfortunately it's affected my ability to blog everyday! But I plan to be better at that moving forward!
So, on April 4th we celebrated Easter with my family. We had a great day of more food that included my mom's famous baked macaroni and cheese (a Southern Favorite), some really good salad, wonderful greenbeans and about a million desserts! There was also a ham for people who eat ham. But I don't. And after we ate we did an egg hunt with my nieces and then watched movies and played Rock Band until everyone had to go home. Oh and did I mention the earthquake? There was a 7.2 earthquake in Baja California right after we ate! It wasn't as strong here but it was still a pretty big earthquake! We felt it for a long time! It was long and changed direction a few times! It was kind of a rolling earthquake here not really a shaking one. Everyone here was fine though and there wasn't any damage of anything.
On Monday April 5th I caught up on some chores and laundry. I also cleaned out my closet a bit and brought out my summer clothes. They all needed to be washed since they'd been stored away so there was a lot of laundry. It was a catch up day in general so there isn't much else to report. I did the usual, looked for jobs, looked at wedding stuff, caught up on emails and such and did some chores. My photo is of some of my summer dresses hang drying after being washed.
On Tuesday April 6th I went with Karen and Henry to downtown LA to go to the flower an toy district. We were looking at flowers for the wedding and getting some toy decorations for Henry's upcoming birthday party! I hadn't ever really been down there other than just driving through and it was an interesting experience for me. Kind of scary and yet not. We passed a lot of homeless people since the flower market and toy district are located somewhat unfortunately close to skid row. Kind of a weird dichotomy there. Homeless people make me sad and it is weird to see so many people with nothing but the shirts on their backs while shopping for frivolous things like flowers and toys. We also passed two bodies on stretchers which was kind of freaky. There were also a couple of runaway looking teens who may or may not have been hookers as well. Sad. And kinda scary. Then after we looked at the pretty flowers and the fun toys we went to Phillipe's for an early lunch. Phillipe's is an LA Landmark! It's apparently famous for it's French Dips. But that's not what I had. Well, we had wanted breakfast but we had a minor diversion looking for keys we thought were lost so it took a while and by the time we found them it was lunch time there. Then we went home and I met up with Curtis to go get him signed up on my gym membership so we can be workout buddies! Yay! It was a long day but a good one!
Wednesday April 7th- Today we met with the trainer for our fitness assessment. I was weighed and had my body fat calculated. None of this was fun. My body fat is a bit higher than I would like. But the trainer was a cool guy and he had no intention of telling me I had to be skinny. In fact he said I should only lose a few pounds and that with working out again I would gain muscle and burn some fat and so my weight didn't have to change much to change my body composition. That was nice. Then Curtis joined us and the trainer proceeded to torture us. It was a good workout but man we are out of shape. I did better than Curtis since I have still been exercising a bit and he hadn't been in a long time. But still, it was much more than my lazy self has grown accustomed to. We were both very sore within minutes of leaving the gym. Especially my quads. So, my photo is of my very, very sore quads later that night. :)
Thursday April 8th~ Curtis and I were so sore we could barely move. Damn trainer.
;-) Today I watched Henry for a bit for Karen while she was getting her hair done and her hubby Mark worked on some art jobs he had due. Henry and I went for a nice long walk around their neighborhood and then checked out Sprouts Market. I really liked Sprouts! They have some cool stuff and pretty good prices! I hadn't brought my wallet with me though so I headed home with Henry empty handed. Then I gave him some lunch and then Karen came home so we walked back to Sprouts. I got some goodies to take home and then headed home. Later Curtis and I went to the gym to do a light workout. Then I walked Frankie. I was pretty pooped by the end of the day! And by that night all you could hear around my house was me and Curtis saying "Ow" everytime we had to sit down or bend down to get something. It was actually pretty funny. The photo of the day is of Henry in his stroller. :)
Friday April 9th~ I was still sore but didn't feel the need to say "ow" as much today. Yay! I started the day with an early morning at home workout since I knew I'd be busy today and wouldn't make it to the gym. We went to a fancy schmancy bridal salon's semi annual sample sale! Julie and Karen came with me. It was fun! If not a little mortifying since they bring everyone into a room with the bridal consultant and then make the bride strip down in front of everyone. I don't really mind being in my underwear, but stripping out of jeans and stuff while everyone else in the room is just sitting there is weird. I read to always wear nude colored underwear to try on bridal gowns so I did. But the only nude colored undies I have are also pretty sheer. So.... yeah.... awkward. To complicate matters the bridal consultant said that she wants to write a book about her years working there. Great. Now I'll be in the chapter about brides who wear inappropriate underwear to try on bridal dresses. Anyway, the dresses there were stunningly beautiful and fancy. I'd post photos but because it was a "fancy" upscale place they didn't allow photos to be taken of the dresses until I decided on one. I find that a little silly myself, but whatever. But my friend Julie did take this photo of me in one of the veils.
The sample sale was also misleading. It was not really a sale at all. All the dresses were about $1500 at least. And they were only $100 off. They used to do real sample sales where they sold the sample dresses for REALLY cheap. I think they now only say they are having sample sales to entice people to come in and try on dresses. They had dresses there that were $20,000! I can't even imagine spending that kind of money on a dress! Even if I had a lot of money to spend... I mean... wow. But it was nice to try on dresses in the fancy salon even if I didn't end up finding my dress there. After we left there we decided to head over to David's Bridal again to see what we might find. As it turns out, we found THE dress for me. And so I bought it. And it was under $500. Yay me! I also bought my veil.
My photo is of me Julie and Karen at the fancy salon! Henry was also there!
I ended the day taking Frankie for a walk and then hanging out with Curtis. :)
So, on April 4th we celebrated Easter with my family. We had a great day of more food that included my mom's famous baked macaroni and cheese (a Southern Favorite), some really good salad, wonderful greenbeans and about a million desserts! There was also a ham for people who eat ham. But I don't. And after we ate we did an egg hunt with my nieces and then watched movies and played Rock Band until everyone had to go home. Oh and did I mention the earthquake? There was a 7.2 earthquake in Baja California right after we ate! It wasn't as strong here but it was still a pretty big earthquake! We felt it for a long time! It was long and changed direction a few times! It was kind of a rolling earthquake here not really a shaking one. Everyone here was fine though and there wasn't any damage of anything.
On Monday April 5th I caught up on some chores and laundry. I also cleaned out my closet a bit and brought out my summer clothes. They all needed to be washed since they'd been stored away so there was a lot of laundry. It was a catch up day in general so there isn't much else to report. I did the usual, looked for jobs, looked at wedding stuff, caught up on emails and such and did some chores. My photo is of some of my summer dresses hang drying after being washed.
On Tuesday April 6th I went with Karen and Henry to downtown LA to go to the flower an toy district. We were looking at flowers for the wedding and getting some toy decorations for Henry's upcoming birthday party! I hadn't ever really been down there other than just driving through and it was an interesting experience for me. Kind of scary and yet not. We passed a lot of homeless people since the flower market and toy district are located somewhat unfortunately close to skid row. Kind of a weird dichotomy there. Homeless people make me sad and it is weird to see so many people with nothing but the shirts on their backs while shopping for frivolous things like flowers and toys. We also passed two bodies on stretchers which was kind of freaky. There were also a couple of runaway looking teens who may or may not have been hookers as well. Sad. And kinda scary. Then after we looked at the pretty flowers and the fun toys we went to Phillipe's for an early lunch. Phillipe's is an LA Landmark! It's apparently famous for it's French Dips. But that's not what I had. Well, we had wanted breakfast but we had a minor diversion looking for keys we thought were lost so it took a while and by the time we found them it was lunch time there. Then we went home and I met up with Curtis to go get him signed up on my gym membership so we can be workout buddies! Yay! It was a long day but a good one!
Wednesday April 7th- Today we met with the trainer for our fitness assessment. I was weighed and had my body fat calculated. None of this was fun. My body fat is a bit higher than I would like. But the trainer was a cool guy and he had no intention of telling me I had to be skinny. In fact he said I should only lose a few pounds and that with working out again I would gain muscle and burn some fat and so my weight didn't have to change much to change my body composition. That was nice. Then Curtis joined us and the trainer proceeded to torture us. It was a good workout but man we are out of shape. I did better than Curtis since I have still been exercising a bit and he hadn't been in a long time. But still, it was much more than my lazy self has grown accustomed to. We were both very sore within minutes of leaving the gym. Especially my quads. So, my photo is of my very, very sore quads later that night. :)
Thursday April 8th~ Curtis and I were so sore we could barely move. Damn trainer.
;-) Today I watched Henry for a bit for Karen while she was getting her hair done and her hubby Mark worked on some art jobs he had due. Henry and I went for a nice long walk around their neighborhood and then checked out Sprouts Market. I really liked Sprouts! They have some cool stuff and pretty good prices! I hadn't brought my wallet with me though so I headed home with Henry empty handed. Then I gave him some lunch and then Karen came home so we walked back to Sprouts. I got some goodies to take home and then headed home. Later Curtis and I went to the gym to do a light workout. Then I walked Frankie. I was pretty pooped by the end of the day! And by that night all you could hear around my house was me and Curtis saying "Ow" everytime we had to sit down or bend down to get something. It was actually pretty funny. The photo of the day is of Henry in his stroller. :)
Friday April 9th~ I was still sore but didn't feel the need to say "ow" as much today. Yay! I started the day with an early morning at home workout since I knew I'd be busy today and wouldn't make it to the gym. We went to a fancy schmancy bridal salon's semi annual sample sale! Julie and Karen came with me. It was fun! If not a little mortifying since they bring everyone into a room with the bridal consultant and then make the bride strip down in front of everyone. I don't really mind being in my underwear, but stripping out of jeans and stuff while everyone else in the room is just sitting there is weird. I read to always wear nude colored underwear to try on bridal gowns so I did. But the only nude colored undies I have are also pretty sheer. So.... yeah.... awkward. To complicate matters the bridal consultant said that she wants to write a book about her years working there. Great. Now I'll be in the chapter about brides who wear inappropriate underwear to try on bridal dresses. Anyway, the dresses there were stunningly beautiful and fancy. I'd post photos but because it was a "fancy" upscale place they didn't allow photos to be taken of the dresses until I decided on one. I find that a little silly myself, but whatever. But my friend Julie did take this photo of me in one of the veils.
The sample sale was also misleading. It was not really a sale at all. All the dresses were about $1500 at least. And they were only $100 off. They used to do real sample sales where they sold the sample dresses for REALLY cheap. I think they now only say they are having sample sales to entice people to come in and try on dresses. They had dresses there that were $20,000! I can't even imagine spending that kind of money on a dress! Even if I had a lot of money to spend... I mean... wow. But it was nice to try on dresses in the fancy salon even if I didn't end up finding my dress there. After we left there we decided to head over to David's Bridal again to see what we might find. As it turns out, we found THE dress for me. And so I bought it. And it was under $500. Yay me! I also bought my veil.
My photo is of me Julie and Karen at the fancy salon! Henry was also there!
I ended the day taking Frankie for a walk and then hanging out with Curtis. :)
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